By Steve Holt, Sports Writer When legendary pole vault coach Don Hood first laid eyes on Katie Eckley, his scouting report was less than favorable. "I thought she was a little too short and a little too slow," said Hood, who has coached national champions and world record holders in the pole vault. That was three years ago, and Eckley was a 5-4 ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer The men's and women's track and field teams will be in Norman, Okla., Saturday for the Sooner Indoor Invitational. Just two meets remain for ACU athletes to qualify for the NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships, which will take place March 12-13. Head coach Jon Murray said the Wildcat athletes competing ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Just two years after national champion Meredith Garner set a school record in the women's pole vault, the nation and ACU have a new queen in the event. At the Tyson Foods-Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., Friday, junior Katie Eckley vaulted herself into the Wildcat annals, clearing 13 feet, 2 and one-half ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer In what might be the best opportunity to pick up several more automatic qualifiers for the national meet, the men's and women's track and field teams will travel to Fayette-ville, Ark., for the Razorback-Tyson Foods Invitational Fri-day and Saturday. Running, jumping and throwing against a who's who of Division I ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Four more ACU athletes, two men and two women, qualified provisionally Saturday for next month's Division II Indoor National Champ-ionships as the Wildcats competed at the Red Raider Invitational in Lubbock. Saturday's additional qualifiers brought the ACU total to 22, 13 of whom are men and nine of whom are ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer For the third consecutive week, the ACU men's and women's track and field teams will compete on the campus of Texas Tech in Lubbock. Both Wildcat teams will attempt to add more automatic and provisional national qualifiers at the Red Raider Invitational, to take place Saturday at the Athletic Training Center in ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer The men's 4x400-meter relay squad posted the nation's top Division II time Saturday at the Raider Raider Classic in Lubbock, also qualifying automatically for the Indoor National Championships. Ten individuals qualified provisionally in their respective events, but the 4x400-meter relay was the story of the day. ACU ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Texas Tech, ranked No. 14 nationally, will play host to ACU and numerous other track and field programs Saturday at the Red Raider Classic in Lubbock. The defending Division II national champion men's team will try to use strong competition from Tech and other teams to add to the five athletes who qualified at last ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Junior Ben Washington qualified automatically for the Division II Indoor National Championships Friday, posting a mark of 51-7 in the triple jump at the Texas Tech All-Comers Meet in Lubbock. Washington, who was the only automatic qualifier for the Wildcats, also qualified for the U.S.A. Indoor National Championships ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Staff Writer Burnt and naked, the young man had been trapped in the burning school with teachers and fellow students for more than eight hours when a "voice inside" told him to try to escape. Using a charred bone from a human leg, Gilbert Tuhabonye smashed a window and began to run. "The whole idea was not just to run away, it was ... [Read More…]